I was going to call and have tints done this weekend - but what is the point if the law calls for a max of 70%? Does anyone have any photos of what that looks like?

edit: sorry - I meant 70% as in that much light has to go through!

 

lol you sound upset about something you dont even know about

70% is pretty damn dark.
this is 35%, imagine twice as dark

 

Stock tint is 70% right????

I shouldn't say anything though...TINT of any kind in the front driver or passenger window is illegal. Cali is the anti-car-mod state

 

Uhhh...70% means the tint lets in 70% of sunlight...LIMO tint is like 5%...which means it lets in 5% of sunlight

 

Hahah tint's work the other way Glen....the lower the number, the darker the tint.

The percent represents the amount of light being let in. Limo tint is considered 5% for this reason.

I personally think 70% would look classy....it's enough to give the windows a nice smoked appearance, but it won't look SUPER dark and aggressive. I run 50% and I really like the smoked look.

 

alright alright IM THE DUMBA$$

remind me not to take anymore "special" lunch breaks

 

Don't feel so bad...I just figured this out recently

 

which, that special lunch breaks are bad or the tint thing?

 

Ha, no worries.

So - is the stock 70%? I mean, if Im not even going to notice any difference its not worth the $ or the hassle, right?

 

They apply it over the stock, so it'd let in 70% of the 70%, and you'd end up w/ (IANAMM) 49% tint.

(That is assuming that stock is 70% to begin with.)

 

Both (We need the smiley that drinks a pint of ale )

 

I have a hard time believing that our stock tint is 70%....I'm pretty sure you'd notice it then.

My suggestion is to just go to the tint place and see for yourself. They usually have a bunch of samples of each percentage on Plexiglas to show you how dark it will be.

 

Thanks guys, I guess I will head down and check it out in person.

 

I have never heard that the back is restricted in any way. Go 5%, and run 50% or higher on the rest. It is different enough that you won't get pulled for it. I have done this on my cars here in the SF Bay Area since 1987. The only time I got pulled was in my mini truck back in the day when I tried running the 5% on the fronts, and I think that was because they wanted to hassle the mini truckers. I see BMWs and Mercedes all the time with 5% all over.

 

New York Window Tint Regs:


New York State: section 375 article 12
(a) Every motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, when driven or operated upon a public highway, road or street shall be equipped with a front windshield in a fixed and more or less upright position constructed of safety glass as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section and required by subdivision eleven and twelve hereof. No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign or other nontransparent material other than a certificate or paper required to be displayed by law upon the front windshield or the sidewings or side windows on either side forward of or adjacent to the operator's seat.
(b) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public highway road or street:
(1) the front windshield of which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent unless such materials are limited to the uppermost six inches of the windshield; or
(2) the sidewings or side windows on either side forward of or adjacent to the operator's seat are composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent; or
(3) if it is classified as a station wagon, sedan, hardtop, coupe, hatchback or convertible and any rear side window has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent; or
(4) the rear of which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent. A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such vehicle.
(c) Any person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and/or any person operating a motor vehicle belonging to to such person or in which such person is an habitual passenger shall be exempt from the provisions of subparagraphs one and two of paragraph (b) of this subdivision provided the commisioner has granted an exemption and notice of such exemption is affixed to the vehicle as directed by the commisioner. If such exemption is granted, the commisioner shall make record thereof and shall distribute a sufficiently noticable sticker to the applicant to be attached to any window so shielded or altered pursuant to such exemption.
(d) The commisioner may test any window for a person who has been charged with violating this subdivision. If such window is found to be in conformity with this subdivision, a small label attesting to the conformity shall be affixed to the window tested.
(e) On and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-two no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, equip or operate a motor vehicle in this state in violation of the provisions of this subdivision, except that a person may operate a nineteen hundred ninety-one or earlier model year vehicle without violating this subdivision if the windows on said vehicle were in conformity with this subdivision as it existed on December thity-first nineteen hundered ninety-one. (f) The commisioner shall make such rules and regulations as he shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.

 

oh I disagree completely. "Special" lunchbreaks pwn. Dumba$$ery is completely excused in your case.

 

LOL dumba$$ery is actually one of my specialties.

 

So actually does have any pictures of 70% or maybe 50% ? I live in bumf**k NY and am about to get mine done. I kind of wanted to have the front ones done slightly lighter, but read it might look unfinished. Can anyone help a new mini owner trying to pimp out her mini? I would like to go with a nice tint all the way around but I'm not really interested in it being too dark. Help!!